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Türkiye and the Levant
Stories under this heading cover Türkiye as well as the Levant – a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia, consisting of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and Palestine.
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Opinion: Tensions test the resilience of the US-Turkey alliance
23 October 2017
A raft of issues are complicating relations between long time allies Turkey and the United States. But both sides continue using diplomatic back-channels to get as many concessions as possible from each other without fatally harming bilateral relations, argues Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed
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Opinion: Meet Global Turkey - the new kid on the block
21 October 2017
In this op-ed Dennis Sammut discusses two competing narratives emerging in Brussels and Ankara. Often blurred and episodical, they need to be challenged where necessary
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Military Chiefs of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey hold trilateral meeting in Tbilisi
18 October 2017
The military heads in a joint document highlighted the three countries' readiness for peaceful resolution of conflicts, and support for each other's territorial integrity.
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Putin and Erdogan agree on the territorial integrity of Iraq and Syria
30 September 2017
The Turkish and Russian Presidents held a three hour meeting in Ankara on Thursday night.
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Opinion: Kurdish referendum has wide regional implications
29 September 2017
The 25 September referendum in the Kurdish Region may not lead to Kurdish independence any time soon, says Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed, but neighbouring countries are apprehensive.
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Putin phones Erdogan ahead of visit to Ankara on Thursday
26 September 2017
Syria was the main issue on the agenda according to the Kremlin, and the two leaders agreed to continue a thorough exchange of views on the regional and bilateral agenda during the working meeting in Ankara later this week.
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Opinion: As relations between Russia-Turkey get evermore friendly, should Armenia be concerned?
18 September 2017
Turkey’s decision to buy Russia’s S-400 missile defence system opens a new stage in relations between the two countries. Dr Benyamin Poghosyan discusses the implications for Armenia.
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Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan issue statement after foreign ministers' meeting in Baku
6 September 2017
The three countries expressed satisfaction at the level of relations between them and promised increased co-operation in the political, economic and humanitarian spheres
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Georgia deploys army to fight forest fires
24 August 2017
The fire fighting effort has seen a rare moment of regional co-operation. Apart from the soldiers, fire-fighters and civil defence personnel from Georgia, 95 firefighters from Azerbaijan, and 70 from Armenia have been assisting in the operation, bringing with them heavy equipment. Helicopters from Turkey, Azerbaijan and Belarus are also involved.